Where does “idätellä” come from?

idätellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish idättää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

idätellä (Finnish): To sprout, germinate; To nourish

Definitions

  1. To sprout, germinate; To nourish

Ancestry of “idätellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishidättääTo sprout, germinate
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →